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Murder suspect’s police interrogation aired in Delta County District Court

By ILSA MINOR and BRIAN ROWELL The Escanaba Daily Press ESCANABA — Family and friends of Harley Corwin, the 22-year-old Escanaba woman whose slain body was found last month at O.B Fuller Park, listened intently Monday as evidence was presented in court suggesting her ex-boyfriend and ...

Trump’s bond set at $200,000 in Georgia case

Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to court papers filed Monday. Trump is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or victims in the case — including on social media — according to the bond agreement signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump’s defense attorneys and the judge. It explicitly includes “posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media.” The order says the former ...

Hancock resident arrested on charges of child sexually abusive material

By Journal Staff HANCOCK — The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, announced the arrest of 21-year-old Dominic Joseph Barrette, of Hancock for child sexually abusive material — aggravated possession, child sexually abusive material — ...

Two charged in Escanaba stabbing

By ILSA MINOR Daily Press ESCANABA — Two people have been charged in connection with a stabbing that took place at an Escanaba bar last Saturday. The stabbing occurred at 12:24 a.m. in the back lounge area of The Granada, 330 S. 10th St. in Escanaba. Escanaba Public Safety officers were called to the bar after a report of a man being stabbed. When they arrived at the bar, officers found that a man had been stabbed in the abdomen. The victim, whose name has not been released, suffered serious injuries and was taken by Rampart EMS to OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba for ...

Judge warns of limits to what evidence Trump can talk about

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against Donald Trump warned on Friday that there are limits on what the former president can publicly say about the investigation as he campaigns for a second term in the White House. Presiding over her first hearing for the case, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington heard arguments on how to structure a protective order that would prevent a public airing of all the evidence turned over by prosecutors. But she also used the forum to address the case’s unprecedented mix of legal and political ...

Lake Linden man faces child sexual assault charges

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — A Lake Linden man has been arraigned in the 96th District Court on various sex-related charges. The Michigan State Police said in a news release that during an investigation regarding child sexual predators in the Upper Peninsula, troopers with the MSP Eighth District Hometown Security Team had contact on June 4 with a suspect from Houghton County. During the investigation, a trooper with the team was posing as a minor, and a 43-year-old male from Lake Linden began conversing and soliciting to meet with the minor for sexual relations. On June 16, ...